Join us virtually or IN-PERSON IN HOUSTON, TX for the 2025 Conference!
2025 Conference Schedule
The 2025 BIPoC Eating Disorders Conference will be Wednesday, July 16, 2025* to Saturday, July 19, 2025 - both in-person in Houston, TX and virtually via CE-Go.
We will host a networking and volunteer experience.
We wanted to be able to give back to the Houston community while many of us are visitors to this city! We will offer our time to do tasks for the food bank together in community. This is a time and space to get to know one another before the official start to the conference.
7:00pm - 9:00pm
A story of recovery and hope from Jay Salazar, plus snacks and drinks!
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Join us at the Houston Food Bank for networking and a volunteer shift!
All events listed on this date are for in-person attendees only. All times are listed in Central Standard Time.
4:45pm to 5:45pm
Break & Visit Sponsors
4:30pm to 4:45pm
with Esther Tambe, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES (she/her)
From Treatment Center to Dialysis Chair: Eating Disorders in Kidney and Diabetes Care
Reclaiming the Black Body
3:30pm to 4:30pm
Break & Visit Sponsor Booths
3:00pm to 3:30pm
Family-Based Treatment for Latinx Families: Core Components, Barriers, and Adaptations
2:00pm to 3:00pm
Break, Visit Sponsors, and Lunch Set-Up
Noon to 12:15pm
with Kyle Woodson, MA, LPC (he/him)
The Adonis Effect: Discussing BIPOC LGBTQ+ Men with Eating Disorders
11:00am to Noon
Break & Visit Sponsor Booths
10:45am to 11:00am
Keynote - Radical Bodies: Collective Liberation and the Power of BIPOC Body Positivity
9:45am to 10:45am
Co-Founders of the BIPoC Eating Disorders Conference
with Whitney Trotter, MS, RDN/LD, RN, RYT (she/her) and Angela Goens, MS, RDN, LD (she/her)
Welcome + Open Notes
9:30am to 9:45am
All times are listed in Central Standard Time.
Desiree Adaway (she/her)
with Alishia McCullough, LCMHC (she/her)
with Louisiana Wermer, LMFT (she/her)
Breakfast & Registration (In-Person Only)
8:45am to 9:30am
Lunch & Equip Panel - How to Support Marginalized Patient Groups in Eating Disorder Care?
12:15pm to 1:30pm
with Makailah (Mak) Dowell (she/her), Alexia Davis (she/her), Natalye Kirkland, LPC, Christina Negrete, MPH, RDN, CDN (she/her/ella), Jamila Kase, LPC (she/her), Veronica Shindo, ASW (she/her)
Movement Break with Leslie Jordan Garcia
1:30pm to 2:00pm
3:45pm to 4:45pm
Break & Visit Sponsor Booths
3:30pm to 3:45pm
Internal Family Systems therapy: a Liberatory Approach to Eating Disorder Treatment
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Break & Visit Sponsor Booths
2:15pm to 2:30pm
Considerations to Increase Cultural Competency Within Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Eating Disorders in Asian-Americans with ADHD: Clinical Implications and Case Study
1:15pm to 2:15pm
Break & Movement
12:45pm to 1:15pm
with Janice Hey Yin Chow, MS, RD (she/her/她/佢) & Ivory Hong Loh, MPH, RDN, cPT (she/her/她)
Lunch & Understanding the East Asian Eating Disorder Landscape: Implications for Clinicians Working with API/AAPI Clients
11:45am to 12:45pm
Break & Visit Sponsor Booths
11:30am to 11:45am
with Norman Kim, PhD (he/him)
Dismantling Whiteness in Eating Disorders: Navigating Towards Culturally Responsive Practice
10:30am to 11:30am
Break & Visit Sponsor Booths
10:00am to 10:30am
with Kimmie Singh, MS, RD, CDN (she/her)
Meeting at the Crossroads: Examining Racism in Fat Liberation Spaces and How it Impacts Eating Disorder Treatment
9:00am to 10:00am
Co-Founders of the BIPoC Eating Disorders Conference
with Whitney Trotter, MS, RDN/LD, RN, RYT (she/her) and Angela Goens, MS, RDN, LD (she/her)
Welcome - Day Two
8:30am to 9:00am
All times are listed in Central Standard Time.
with Jocelyn Lam, MA, LMFT (she/they)
with Mimosa Collins, RD, CD (she/her)
with Sheba Antony, LMHC, LPC, CCMHC, NCC (she/her) & Elizabeth “Izzy” Madaelil, LMSW (she/her)
Break & Visit Sponsor Booths
3:15pm to 3:45pm
2:15pm to 3:15pm
Break & Visit Sponsor Booths
2:00pm to 2:15pm
White Supremacy was the Culprit for My Eating Disorder: Examining the Unique Intersection of Multiracial Identity and Eating Disorders
When Body Trends Change and How do we Respond?
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Break & Yoga Meditation with Dr. Erikka Taylor
12:45pm to 1:00pm
with Malak Saddy, RD, LD/N (she/her), Neathery Falchuk, LCSW-S, CGP (they/them), Natalie Katz, RD (she/her), & Serena Nangia (she/her)
Lunch & Unpacking White-Passing Privilege: Navigating Identity, Visibility, and Responsibility in BIPOC Eating Disorder Recovery
11:30am to 12:45pm
Break & Visit Sponsor Booths
11:15am to 11:30am
Compassion Without Depletion: A Practical Approach to BIPOC Provider Wellness
10:15am to 11:15am
Break & Visit Sponsor Booths
10:00am to 10:15am
with Leslie Jordan Garcia MPH, CEDS (she/her) & Kanoelani Patterson, MSW, LCSW (she/her)
The Double Standard of Care in Eating Disorder Treatment: The Lived Experience of Black and Fat Bodies
9:00am to 10:00am
Co-Founders of the BIPoC Eating Disorders Conference
with Whitney Trotter, MS, RDN/LD, RN, RYT (she/her) and
Angela Goens, MS, RDN, LD (she/her)
Welcome - Day Three
8:30am to 9:00am
All times are listed in Central Standard Time.
with Sehrish Ali, PhD, LPC, CEDS (she/her) and Christyna Johnson, MS, RD, LDN (she/her)
3:45pm to 5:00pm
with Monte Nido Speaker Kira Denney, MS, LCPC-S, LMHC, LPC, NDD (she/her)
The Body as a Spiritual Home: Navigating Spiritual Harm and Spiritual Care in Eating Disorder Recovery
with Rev. Syd Yang, MDiv, MA, CPC, Certified Movement Chaplain (they/them)
with Allyson Inez Ford, MA, LPCC (she/her)
Notes on the Schedule
This schedule is subject to change. All presentations are continuing education eligible, but you must attend the session LIVE for at least 85% of the session. Recordings of all presentations will be available through December 31, 2025, unless otherwise noted. CEs will not be provided for the recordings.
